Sermon Notes January 5, 2014

“My house will be called a house of ______________,
but you are making it a den of robbers.”
(Matthew 21:13)
I. God has _______________ us into His heart through prayer.
A. God has ____________ us to pray. (Luke 18:1)
1. “I urge, then, __________________, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone.” (1 Timothy 2:1)
2. “Be ____________ to prayer.” (Colossians 4:2; see also 1 Thessalonians 5:17)
B. God is ____________ for us to pray.
1. “The prayer of the upright ____________ the Lord.” (Proverbs 15:8)
2. At its essence, prayer is about ____________ with God.
II. God has _______________ us His power through prayer.
A. “Ask and it will be ____________ to you.” (Matthew 7:7 … see also Matthew 6:6; 7:11)
B. “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or ____________.” (Ephesians 3:20 … see also James 4:2)
C. “For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are ____________ to their prayer.” (1 Peter 3:12)
D. “Then the Lord ____________ and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.” (Exodus 32:14)
Charles Spurgeon: “Prayer is the slender ____________ that moves the muscles of omnipotence.”
Martin Luther: “God has ____________ and tied Himself to prayer.”
Walter Wink: “____________ belongs to those who pray.”

Next Sunday’s Message … “Praying for God’s Direction … Listening for God’s Voice” … Steve Lee preaching